Monday, January 30, 2012

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CNN.com Recently Published/Updated

Fate of Chinese workers kidnapped in Sudan remains uncertain

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

The fate of dozens of construction workers kidnapped in Sudan, including a group of Chinese nationals, remained unclear Tuesday amid conflicting reports on the situation.

Afghan police: Man kills wife for giving birth to daughter instead of son

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:41 PM PST

Police in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz are looking for a man they say strangled his wife after she bore him a third child that was not a son.

Will Florida determine a GOP front-runner?

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:25 PM PST

After one month and three contests, it may be up to Florida to finally add some clarity to the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

TSA discovery prompts New York bomb scare - six hours later

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

A New York airport screener who removed two pipes from a traveler's bag and set them aside Monday morning prompted a security scare six hours later when the next shift saw the pipes and feared they might be pipe bombs, local and federal officials said.

Timeline of Tibetan protests in China

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:08 PM PST

The escalation of tensions in ethnically Tibetan regions of China is the latest in a series that have resulted in deaths, frayed ties between the United States and China, and greater pressure from Beijing against the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959 after a failed uprising.

Texas community trucks in water to stem shortage

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:08 PM PST

A small central Texas community has begun trucking in thousands of gallons of water to avoid running dry during the state's historic drought, a water official said.

U.N. experts OK Japan's nuclear 'stress tests'

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST

U.N. nuclear experts gave a thumbs-up to Japan's planned "stress tests" for its remaining nuclear power plants Tuesday but left Japanese authorities to decide whether the plants themselves are safe.

Opposition group calls for protests over Senegal election ruling

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:53 PM PST

Senegal's opposition June 23rd Movement is calling for a mass rally in Dakar on Tuesday to protest a ruling allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term, as well as to demand the release of dozens of government critics arrested in the wake of weekend rioting that followed the decision.

WTO: China rare earth trade defies rules

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:27 PM PST

The EU has demanded that China loosen its policy on sales of rare earth materials after the World Trade Organisation upheld a ruling that Beijing's policies to limit raw material exports violated international trade rules.

College admits fudging students' exam scores

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

An admissions officer at Claremont McKenna College in California has resigned after the school's president revealed that the officer had inflated college entrance examination scores for incoming freshmen since 2005.

U.N. to consider call for Syrian president to step down

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:03 PM PST

The U.N. Security Council this week will take up a draft resolution proposed by Morocco that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.

It's not your grandpa's Florida

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:39 PM PST

Florida is the traditional tie-breaking primary in the January gantlet -- but there's very little that's traditional about the Sunshine State. It is a sprawling cross section of 10 media markets and one of the most diverse states in the nation, containing communities of voters across the political spectrum.

Opposition group calls for protests over Senegal election ruling

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:55 PM PST

Senegal's opposition June 23rd Movement is calling for a mass rally in Dakar on Tuesday to protest a ruling allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term, as well as to demand the release of dozens of government critics arrested in the wake of weekend rioting that followed the decision.

Psychiatrist opposes more time away from hospital for Hinckley

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:22 PM PST

A psychiatrist testified on Monday that he is opposed to a plan to allow presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. to be given longer visits away from the mental hospital where he has been treated for three decades.

Romney hits 'flailing' Gingrich on eve of Florida primary

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:57 PM PST

With a healthy lead in final polls the day before the Florida primary, Mitt Romney depicted chief rival Newt Gingrich on Monday as increasingly desperate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Pardoned Mississippi murderer found in Wyoming

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday.

Iraqi vice president predicts return to sectarian violence

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:53 PM PST

Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has lashed out at Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, predicting that Iraq could soon return to widespread sectarian violence that could require the return of U.S. forces.

Why Viola Davis gets it right

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:43 PM PST

Viola Davis got a nod for best actress from the Academy this year for her role as Aibileen Clark in "The Help," and she must win, despite the controversy about the movie and the role she plays in it. If you believe what you read on blogs, black women long to be represented on screens large and small as rounded, complex characters, rather than wise, downtrodden burden-bearers and hot-blooded angry sex machines. Some say they want more black people telling black stories, which would be reasonable, if it were true.
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